Scottie Scheffler seems to be operating on fumes after an exhausting Masters victory simply 4 days in the past as he trailed J.T. Poston by six photographs after the primary spherical of the RBC Heritage.
World No 1 Scheffler carded a two-under 69 at Harbour City Golf Hyperlinks 4 days after claiming his second Masters title.
Scheffler, who’s searching for his fourth win in his previous 5 begins, rebounded from a double bogey on the third gap to sink 4 birdies on the day and report his thirty seventh consecutive spherical of par or higher.
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“I felt like I performed lots higher than my rating,” Scheffler mentioned. “I attempted to present myself a bit little bit of grace at this time, simply because I used to be a bit drained. I shanked that bunker shot at this time on three and I used to be sort of like, OK, that is a bit uncommon. I feel perhaps mentally I won’t fairly be there.’
“However I did not present as much as the match to listen to any type of ceremonial, to listen to a bunch of congratulations and whatnot. I got here to play and to compete, and so I used to be pretty annoyed by the point we bought to about 13 or 14 and I lookup and J.T. is already eight underneath or no matter it’s and I am sitting there virtually over par.
“However I put up a superb struggle, had a superb end. It was good to place one thing up in crimson numbers at this time.”
Poston set the tempo on an idyllic day on Hilton Head Island with 9 birdies – six of them in a seven-hole stretch – for a 63 that gave him a two-shot lead over Collin Morikawa and Seamus Energy.
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Ludvig Åberg, the runner-up at Augusta, was within the group one other shot behind whereas Rory McIlroy birdied his final two holes to salvage a scrappy day with the irons for a 67.
“I felt prefer it was a type of days the place if I might give myself a glance, and I felt fairly assured in having the ability to make these putts, whether or not it was a detailed one or a 20-, 25-footer,” Poston mentioned. “It type of freed up the tee to inexperienced a bit bit, I assume you can say.”
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